Monday, December 8, 2008

Since taking my lil self over to Digiwaxx I have come across things that I am gladmy Music Marketing 101 readers do not do. Just incase you ever decide to do any of the following, let me stop you now!

FIVE THINGS NOT TO DO WHEN SEEKING TO NETWORK

5) Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo, AIM & G Chat: Random Adds…I honestly have nothing against being added on these sites and messaging programs but just adding me and never saying anything is NOT networking. Saying hello from time to time or at least letting it be known why you've added the person goes a long way. Otherwise you are just stalking….And we all know stalking isn't cool.

4) Forwarding Emails…If you want me to review your music and you sent it from yahoo, chances are if you've sent the same email to numerous people, there is a long as blue line along the side of it. Actually, there is more than one line and that shits MAD annoying and so unprofessional. Take the time to cut & paste it so it doesn't look like a forward, yo. All of those multiple signatures aren't cool either. Get your business face on and send it right, stop being lazy. You're not going to make it trying to short cut. Oh and stop adding me to your email list w/o permission! UGH! And if you do, at least learn how to use the BC (Blind Copy for you ding bats)

3) No Greeting/Subject…This goes along w/ #4 – sending an email with no hello or what it is you are looking for. If you are emailing me with a purpose, state so in the email, don't have me email you back and ask you how I can help you. You're seriously taking time out of my life to ask you something you could have said the first time.

2) Professional Press Kits…I know I did a post in the past about sonicbids.com and their beautiful press kits – USE THEM! Geesh! I don't want to download your music, although I do have gmail and I'm able to hit play, it's just the principle. Using sonicbids or one of the other nifty sites, they just have you click play, not to mention it's right in the email. If you just have to fwd an MP3 over, at least have a well written bio, that includes a fact sheet and other things about you.

1) After Hours MessagingI don't even know why I have to say this but mayne! My weekend was totally interrupted with G Chat messages from some guys manager who has been harassing me for three days straight about a write up. I'm spending time with my family & I'm getting alerts on my phone from this dude on a Saturday night! NINGA ARE YOU SERIOUS??! Do you not know business hours, son? Why am I going back and forth with you, on a weekend, about your Artist whom I don't even care for? I'm gon let Big Red explain it to you…

(GOING KANYE ON YA) THIS JUST IN!! JUST AS I AM POSTING THIS I GET A DISTURBING EMAIL FROM SOMEONE I WROTE A POST ABOUT! HE IS UNHAPPY WITH THE POST AND WANTS ME TO MAKE CHANGES THE WAY HE WANTS HE! I WAS TOLD HOW TO WRITE THE POST BY SOMEONE OVER ME, SO PLEASE DON'T COME AT ME LIKE I'VE DONE ANYTHING WRONG. JUST BE HAPPY IT'S DONE! ARTISTS NEED TO BE MORE HUMBLE, YO! SERIOUSLY!! FYI - I WILL ADMIT TO BEING WRONG TO CHANGING MY STATUS ON G CHAT CALLING HIM AND HIS ARTIST WACK, BUT I REALLY THOUGHT I BLOCKED DUDE. SOOOO, MY BAD! LMAO

Honestly, I don't think I'm cutout for this digiwaxx ish if this is how people think they can be. This ninja just hit me with some "I'm going to tell on you" ish BITCH (not calling him a bitch, just saying in general), I'm grown! Lord, take me now!!

Get At Me

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CathrynMarie@Gmail.com

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281.901.0590

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Seems like EVERYDAY I have someone hitting me up on MySpace asking me to listen to their music or wanting to add me to their friends list so they can "network". NEWSFLASH - having 50 million friends on MySpace is NOT networking & having 50 million hits on MySpace does not mean anything if no one likes your music. The hits more than likely come from someone like myself who clicks on your page post to the message out of curiosity. Yanno, the same way John McCain had over 3.5 viewers watch his speech at the RNC - no one cared for him but tuned in out of curiosity.

I am going to be calling out those people who hit me up requesting me to check them out - not to be a "hater" but to give tips & suggestion. Just call me the Jose Vilson of Urban Music. What makes me feel I am anyone of importance to put my Stephen A hat on? Actually, I am a nobody, at least that’s the title I like to have. I do however manage a Marketing Company that has a recording studio on site & work with a lot of the Artist (known & unknown). Not to mention my massive industry connection - actually, I don't look at them as "connections" but more as friends. I have never requested assistance from them but yet always worked with them - which is something Industry heads are lacking these days; people always want the hook up. I am someone they all turn to first when needing a project done, which is why I am on the level I am on, which makes me someone who is relevant to share tips with others – got it?